03/01/15
Northland Center's closure, approved by an Oakland County judge last week, has been a long time coming. But 50 years ago, with a Hudson's store as an anchor for 110 other retailers, Northland was a global wonder.

02/26/15
Upscale menswear designer John Varvatos is returning to his native metro Detroit with a store in the former Wright Kay Building at 1500 Woodward Ave., owned by Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Real Estate Services.

02/25/15
The planned closure follows news that Macy's department store, the last remaining anchor tenant of Northland Center — the largest shopping center in the world when it opened in the 1950s — would close its Northland location.

02/22/15
An International Trade Commission exclusion order will allow customs enforcement against knockoffs based on structural or design similarities to Rainbow Loom as well the use of its name or a similar name.

02/22/15
Jordana Schrager took her hobby of making custom artwork shoes for her friends and classmates and made it into a business that has sold more than 10,000 pairs of licensed footwear in dozens of college logos and colors. She is co-owner of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Sideline Sneakers LLC, which markets high- and low-top canvas sneakers under the brand name Skicks.

02/12/15
Grand Rapids-based retailer Family Christian LLC, which sells Bibles, books, music, church supplies and other faith-related merchandise in 266 stores across 36 states, filed for bankruptcy protection with a plan to sell all its assets.

02/10/15
Bringing the American way of selling skin-care products and vitamins to China helped make Amway Corp. the world’s largest direct seller. It also made the children of one its co-founders billionaires.

02/08/15
The money pledged by Gov. Rick Snyder will pay for a leak detection survey of city water lines and accelerate replacement of major pipelines, expected to improve water quality. Other statewide news: More small firms leave it to workers to buy health coverage; Some developers turn to 'de-malling'

01/25/15
Detroit native Jack White, the former White Stripes frontman often captured in photos looking grim, was in the news last summer when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a Detroit Tigers game. The moment is now immortalized in a baseball card.

01/22/15
Nearly half of Michigan retailers surveyed are bullish on sales for the first quarter, following a slight uptick in sales during the 2014 holiday season and the full calendar year, according to the Michigan Retail Index.

01/16/15
Michigan residents who buy from Amazon, Overstock and some other online retailers will be forced to pay the state's 6 percent sales tax starting in October, a move to close what backers say is a loophole that has left traditional businesses at a disadvantage.